THE GREEK PEOPLE TWO VOLUME SET

THE GREEK PEOPLE

One of the most important works ever written about Greece

"The country had been left ungoverned and had fallen into a miserable economic condition. There were also no schools, no courts, no army to discipline anyone, no navy. The people, divided into parties, fed only on hatred for their neighbor, and the whole country was rapidly marching towards complete disintegration. So, as soon as we landed, we released a proclamation asking the Greek people to give us their trust first of all."

This was written, among others, by the eminent Bavarian jurist Georg Ludwig von Maurer in perhaps the most important work published at that time on Greece, which was published on his return to Germany in 1835 and after Maurer had been for two years a member of the three-member regency that took over the administration of the country until Otto came of age.

This monumental work was largely ignored in Greece and remained untranslated into our language for more than a century. The first Greek translation was published only in 1943, and in 1976 a new translation edited by Tasos Vournas was published. This 1976 edition is largely based on the present two-volume edition, published by Acid Publications with his kind support Foundation Folloe.

The edition is prefaced with her note by the lady Maria Efthymiou, historian, while the epithet belongs to the historian, Doctor of Mediterranean and Oriental Studies and professor at the National School of Public Administration, Mr. Stefano Kavallierakis.

The rights of the translation belong to the Association of Editors of Athens Daily Newspapers (ESHEAA) and the photos were used with the kind permission of the National Gallery.

The translation was done by Olga Robakis and the edition was edited by Tasos Vournas

THE GREEK PEOPLE

About the author:

Georg Ludwig von Maurer (1790-1872), an eminent Bavarian jurist and high adviser to King Ludwig of Bavaria, came to Greece in January 1833 as a member of the three-member regency that took over the administration of the country until Otto came of age. The areas he personally supervised and left his stamp on were justice and education, as well as the independence of the Hellenic Church.